A college student was delivering pizza to a regular customer"s house in New York.
The guy who answered the door asked him, "What is the usual tip?"
"Well," replied the youth,"this is my first trip here, but the other guys say if I get a quarter out of you, I"ll be doing great."
"Is that so?" snorted the man. "Well, just to show them how wrong they are, here"s five dollars."
"Thanks!" replied the youth, "I"ll put this in my school fund."
"What are you studying?" asked the man.
The lad smiled and said: "Applied psychology."
—n. - a side of the face below the eye. B side-wall of the mouth.
- a impertinence; cool confidence. B impertinent speech.
- slang buttock. —v. Be impertinent to. cheek by jowl close together; intimate. [old english]
CHEEP
—n. Weak shrill cry of a young bird. —v. Make such a cry. [imitative]
CHEER
—n. - shout of encouragement or applause.
- mood, disposition (full of good cheer).
- (in pl.; as int.) Colloq. A expressing good wishes on parting or before drinking. B expressing gratitude. —v. - a applaud with shouts. B (usu. Foll. By on) urge with shouts.
- shout for joy.
- gladden; comfort. cheer up make or become less depressed. [latin cara face, from greek]
CHESS
n. Game for two with 16 men each, played on a chessboard. [french: related to *check]
CHEST
n. - large strong box.
- a part of the body enclosed by the ribs. B front surface of the body from the neck to the bottom of the ribs.
- small cabinet for medicines etc. get a thing off one's chest colloq. Disclose a secret etc. To relieve one's anxiety about it. [latin cista]
- of drawers n. Piece of furniture consisting of a set of drawers in a frame.
CHEWY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 needing much chewing.
- suitable for chewing. chewiness n.
CHICK
n. - young bird.
- slang young woman. [old english: related to *chicken]
CHIDE
v. (past chided or chid; past part. Chided or chidden) archaic scold, rebuke. [old english]
CHIEF
constable n. Head of the police force of a county etc.
- of staff n. Senior staff officer of a service or command.
- —n. - a leader or ruler. B head of a tribe, clan, etc.
- head of a department; highest official. —adj. - first in position, importance, influence, etc.
- prominent, leading. [latin caput head]
CHILD
abuse n. Maltreatment of a child, esp. By physical violence or sexual molestation.
- benefit n. Regular payment by the state to the parents of a child up to a certain age.
- care n. The care of children, esp. By a local authority.
- n. (pl. Children) 1 a young human being below the age of puberty. B unborn or newborn human being.
- one's son or daughter.
- (foll. By of) descendant, follower, or product of.
